Václav Vaculovič /1957/
Co-founder and principal organizer of the International Festival of Contemporary Arts FORFEST, which belongs at the present time among the European culture events with a high reputation. During 80 ties / together with his wife / the initiator of the underground movement. Since 90 -ties - over more than 20 years - the leader of independent organization called the Artistic Initiative, which is responsible for already many important projects of international consequences. He is a member of many artistic and culture organizations home and abroad / e.g. European Conference Amsterdam, SIAC France, Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic, New Association of Prague Artists, UVUO, The Association of Creative Artists and Theorists of Moravia , IAA-AIAP-UNESCO ... /
As a painter he cooperated with leading personalities and art-historian of the Czech Republic and abroad:
Prof. Louise M. Lewis – Director of the Art Galleries Los Angeles /USA/,
PhD Martina Pachmanová - art historian, National Gallery in Prague,
PhD Jiří.Machalický - art historian, National Gallery in Prague,
MgA Ivo Binder - art historian, Moravian Gallery in Brno,
Prof. Vladimír Kokolia, Academy of Fine Arts Prague,
Prof. David Moon - California State University Northridge – Los Angeles /USA /
PhD Amelia Cox - art historian, Center for contemporary art
Baton Rouge Gallery, Louisiana /USA/
Prof. Dinos Constantinides – Louisiana State University /USA/
PhD Michal Bycko - art historian, Museum of Modern Art of Warhol family, Slovak Republic
PhD Milada Frolcová - art historian, Gallery of Museum in Uherské Hradiště,
PhD Miroslava Hlaváčková - art historian, Gallery of Modern Art in Roudnice,
Prof. Bruce Everett - California State University Northridge – Los Angeles /USA /
Prof. Mari Novotny- Jones – The School of Museum of Fine Arts Boston /USA/
PhD Bronislava Gabrielová – art historian, Moravian Gallery Brno,
PhD Vladislav Grešlík - art historian, Prešov University - / Slovak Republic /
PhD Marián Paukov - art historian, Bratislava University - / Slovak Republic /
PhD Lubica Zábranská - art historian, Museum of Kroměříž,
PhD Tomáš Mazáč - art historian, Žilina State Gallery - / Slovak Republic /,
Mgr. Olaf Hanel – curator of The Czech Museum of Fine Arts in Prague
PhD Edith Jeřábková - art historian, Canada – Czech Republic
PhD Karel Rechlík – art historian, Diocese Museum Brno,
PhD Miroslav Krajný - art historian, New Association of Prague Artists /CZ/
PhD Jiří Urban - art historian, National Gallery in Prague
Ak. mal. Adriena Šimotová, Prague 2001
He has been a co-initiator of some important exhibitions - Lights-Shadows-Reflections /from collections of the National Gallery in Prague/, LARGE FORMAT, CONTONUITIES, MIND TRIPS - Explorations of Inner Space by Southern California Artists, SIGN AND TESTIMONY, Letters to Heaven – International project HUMAN 2010 - Chapel of St. John Bratislava – Slovak Republic
During last 20 years he also closely cooperated with the institutions of national and world signification e.g. The National Gallery in Prague, Museum of the Capital of Prague, Moravian Gallery Brno, Dioceses Museum Brno, Museum of the Kroměříž Region, The National Endowment for the Arts, The United States Information Agency, Arts International, Czech Television, Czech Radio, Radio Los Angeles, PBC TELEVISION, The Fund for U.S.Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trust, Ministry of Culture CZ, Fine Artist’s Union CZ, Czech Fund of Fine Arts, Typos Gallery Brno, Historical Monuments Institut, GOETHE INSTITUTE PRAGUE, Museum of Modern Art of Warhol family, Association of Fine Artists and Theorists of South East Moravia, School of Applied Arts Uherské Hradiště, Association CORPORA S Prague, Šternberk Fund International Painting Symposium, OPEN SOCIETY FUND Prague, Czech Music Fund - Festival Partners: Association for Spiritual Music Prague, Association for New Music, Prague Fund, Bohuslav Martinů Fund, Protective Association of Authors, Apex Change Amsterdam, British Council LONDON…
Contact:
Vaclav and Zdenka Vaculovic
The Organization Committee of the Festival
Artistic Initiative – FESTIVAL FORFEST CZECH REPUBLIC
Kojetínská 1425,767 01 KROMĚŘÍŽ
e-mail: forfest@forfest.cz forfest@quick.cz forfest@seznam.cz info@forfest.cz
TEL/FAX: +420 - 573 341 316 +420 - 603 97 34 32 +420 – 731 83 20 25 / skype: forfest.cz
Further Informations:
European Conference of Promoters of New Music
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS / selection /
2011 Zichy Palace, Bratislava, Slovak Republic - Morning Islands
2011 Garden Atelier – XXII. FORFEST CZECH REPUBLIC 2011
2006 Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge Gallery. Louisiana, USA
2005 Museum of Kroměříž - Exhibition “ Tvá spalující výheň” / Your Burning Furnace /
2005 Town Museum and Synagogue in Břeclav – Exhibition “Patmos Landscapes”
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Galleries Los Angeles – Main Gallery, Los Angeles /USA/
2002 The California State University Northridge
Exhibition“ The Soul of Sixth Sense“
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2002 MONTPON - MÉNESTÉROL /Espace Culturel Antoine de Saint-Exupéry /Frace /
together with Jan Tichý
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2001 Bordeaux – Exhibition „Your Burning Embrace“ / France /
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2000 Gallery of the Modern Art, Roudnice nad Labem
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2000 XI. FORFEST / The Garden Atelier /
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1999 Rotunda of the Flower Garden, Kroměříž
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1999 The National Theatre Brno
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1998 IX. FORFEST Kroměříž / The Garden Atelier /
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1997 Gallery of Slovak Museum Uh.Hradiště
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1997 Gallery Křížovice
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1996 The Gallery of the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Program
Arizona State University, /USA /
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1996 The University Gallery in Plzeň
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1996 The State Gallery in Zlín
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1996 The Regional Gallery of Arts of Highlands in Jihlava
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1995 Museum of Kroměříž
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1995 FORFEST Kroměříž
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1995 Museum of the Modern Art of the Family of Warhol
Medzilaborce
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1995 FORFEST Kroměříž
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1994 The Theatre „Husa na provázku“,Foyer Gallery ,Brno
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1994 The Cabinet of Graphic Art - Gallery G of Union of Visual Artists Olomouc
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1994 St. Vavřinec Church, Prague
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1994 St. Mary Magdalene Church,Mníšek pod Brdy
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1994 FORFEST Kroměříž
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1994 The Centre of Experimental Theatre, Brno
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1993 Regensburg, Deutsch-Tschechische Tage ’93 /Germany /
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1993 The Good Shepherd Gallery, Brno
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1993 The Young Artists Gallery, Brno
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1992 The Church of the Virgin Mary,Prague
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1991 FORFEST Kroměříž
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1991 The TYPOS Gallery, Brno
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1990 St.Anna Church , Prague
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1990 The Gallery of the Křenová Club, Brno
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1990 Trade Fair Exhibition, Brno
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1989 The House of Culture , Kroměříž
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1988 St.Maurice Cathedral Kroměříž
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1988 St.Wenceslaus Church , Broumov-Bylnice
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1980-89 „Sedánky“ , non-conforming meetings of artists
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SELECTION /
2012 Moderna Galerija Narodnog Muzeja Kragujevac, Serbia – Actio II
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2011 Union of Visual Artists Olomouc – House of Artists Hodonín, CZ
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2010 Letters to Heaven – International project HUMAN 2010 - Chapel of St. John Bratislava – Slovak Republic
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2010 Union of Visual Artists Olomouc – Gallery G – Retrospective, CZ
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2008 CITTA vicina al tuo CUORE – TRASPARENZA – Castel Sismondo, Rimini, Italy
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2000 ALFA - 2000 - OMEGA / Prague – The National House /
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2000 The Regional Gallery of Arts of Highlands in Jihlava
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1999 Světla-stíny-odlesky / LIGHTS-SHADOWS-REFLECTIONS /
Collection of the National Gallery in Prague
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1998 P S A L M S - Diocese Museum Brno
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1998 Chateau Chropyně
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1998 Uloupený Faidros - Strahov Monastery Prague
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1997 Works on paper - MÁNES, Prague
New Association of Prague Artists
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1997 Novi Sad Fair / Yugoslavia /
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1997 Message of Saint – Olomouc
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1996 Project „SOUVISLOSTI - CONNECTIONS“
VI. FORFEST Kroměříž
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1996 Participation – Summer Academy in Salzburg / Austria /
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1996 New Association – / Moldavia /
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1995 Exhibition „CORRELATION“ - Bucharest, /Romania /
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1995 Castle Museum-Art Gallery, Nottingham, /England /
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1995 International Symposium of Painting „Čeřínek“ ’95
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1995 „Na hranici znaku“, Kutná Hora ¨95
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1995 Project SERPENS - Prague 95
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1994 Šternberk International Painting Session ’94
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1994 V. FORFEST Kroměříž
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1994 Meeting of Artists, Dresden , /Germany /
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1994 Diocese Museum Brno,“ Sun- dressed-woman“
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1994 International Symposium of Painting Bardějov, / Slovakia /
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1993 International Symposium of Painting „Čeřínek“93
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1993 International SIAC Congress and Exhibition – Cracow ´93 - / Poland /
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1993 International Symposium of Monumental Painting „LARGE FORMAT“ Valtice 93
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1993 Museum Uherské Hradiště – „ Large Format „
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1992 Wiesbaden-Naurod, /Germany /
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1992 Katolische Akademie, Franz-Hitze-Haus,Münster, / Germany /
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1992 „Setkání- Begegnung“, III. FORFEST Kroměříž 92
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1992 International Symposium of Monumental Painting „LARGE FORMAT“ Valtice 92
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1991 „Znak a svědectví“ - „ Sign and Testimony“
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1991 The Chateau , Kroměříž, FORFEST 91
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1991 Galerie an der Finkenstrasse der Deutschen Gesellschaft,Munisch,/Germany /
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1980-89 participation in non-conform exhibitions
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